Carl Tyme came to national attention, when he was listed amongst St Ann’s eight most wanted earlier this year. However, he was then listed as Carl ‘Wilson’.
He was on the run for the murder of 19-year-old Javon Nugent of Sturge Town, St. Ann committed in 2015. Investigators had believed that Tyme was residing in Mt Edgecombe in Runaway Bay, St Ann at that time.
Police reported that on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Nugent was one of three persons attacked by a group of men in Runaway Bay, St. Ann.
One of the attackers allegedly used a golf club to hit Nugent in the head which left him unconscious. He was taken to hospital where he succumbed hours later, on the morning of Thursday, October 1, 2015.
According to the St. Ann police, Carl Tyme had been on the run from then until he was held in St Mary, March 17.
CAUGHT IN ST MARY
An officer was patrolling the Bailey’s Vale area and saw a man with a ‘666’ tattoo in his face at Grace Street. He was later arrested. This occurred on Thursday, March 17.
In his defense, Tyme told Parish Judge Vaughn Facey on August 2, that on the day he was arrested, he was told by someone in the Bailey’s Vale community that they saw him on television as being wanted.
He claimed that he was going to the police station in Port Maria when he saw the police jeep and he was arrested.
Tyme was later charged with the murder.
FIRST COURT APPEARANCE
Tyme was taken before the St. Ann’s Bay Resident Magistrate Court (now St Ann Parish Court) on Tuesday March 22, for the murder of Nugent.
At that time, his name was announced in court as ‘Carl Wilson.’
It was heard in court that Tyme, was jointly charged in the murder with Miguel Bailey, who was scheduled to appear in court on April 7.
It was also revealed that when Tyme was cautioned, he reportedly said that Nugent, himself and others had a dispute over money to be shared from lotto scamming earnings. The caution statement also revealed that a pair of scissors was drawn by Nugent and Tyme subsequently used the golf club to hit him.
The statement further read that Tyme claimed it was an accident and he did not know Nugent would have died.
When Tyme spoke in court at that time, he had objection to the name on the case file. He claimed that ‘Wilson’ was the name of his wife and he did not know where the police got that name.
An order was then made by presiding resident magistrate (now referred to as Parish Judge) Peter Wilson, to ascertain the accused man’s proper identity.
Tyme (then known as Carl Wilson) was unrepresented in court and bail was denied by Judge Wilson, as the prosecution noted his ‘risk of flight’.
When Tyme appeared with his co-accused, Miguel Bailey in the St Ann Parish Court on Thursday, April 7, it was revealed that his real name was in fact Carl Tyme and not ‘Carl Wilson.’
NO ATTORNEY
The case against Tyme and his co-accused continued to linger in the courts for months after that date, as the prosecution was to complete their case file and Tyme had not yet settled his legal representation.
He was to gain assistance from an aunt in St James to apply for legal aid representation.
When the matter was mentioned on Tuesday, August 2, before parish judge Vaughn Facey, it was heard that several of the statements were in compliance with the new Committal Proceedings Act (CPA).
This meant that the case was moving closer to a vital point, where the judge would assess the evidence from the statements in the matter against Tyme and his co-accused, Bailey.
If a case could be strongly made out against the two men, then the matter would be traversed to the St Ann Circuit Court for trial.
Tyme was again warned to settle his legal representation by Judge Facey and the matter was set to be mentioned on Thursday, September 22.
LEGAL REPRESENTATION SETTLED
When Tyme appeared in court in late September, his legal aid representation had been settled. He was to be represented by attorney Everal Webster.
The matter was to be brought before the St Ann Parish Court on Thursday, November 24, for a bail application to be made for Tyme.
However, his co-accused Miguel Bailey, will once again face the courts alone in relation to the murder of Nugent.
